Coviello Antonio, Iacovazzo Carmine, Cirillo Dario, Diglio Pasquale, Bernasconi Alessio, D'Abrunzo Anella, Barone Maria Silvia, Posillipo Concetta, Vargas Maria, Servillo Giuseppe
Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, "Federico II" University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, "Federico II" University of Naples, Unit of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Naples, Italy.
J Pain Res. 2023 Oct 2;16:3353-3365. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S415184. eCollection 2023.
Loco-regional anesthesia role is increasingly important in surgery, especially in postoperative pain control. Using ultrasound-guided techniques has made the loco-regional approach increasingly safe and manageable, guaranteeing excellent analgesic results and patient compliance. This bibliometric research aimed to identify the most influential papers on the adductor canal blocks and outline their characteristics.
All articles published from 1980 to 2022 were included in the Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus databases and found using the keywords "Adductor canal block" or "Saphenous nerve block" or "Peripheral nerve block" or "Hunter canal block" or "Subsartorial canal block" or "ACB" or "Knee" or "TKR" or "TKA" or "Analgesia" or "Arthroplasty" or "Replacement" in the title section had bibliometric analysis performed. The first 25 papers were selected and analyzed by the number of citations. The correlation between numerical variables was evaluated using the Pearson Correlation coefficient.
Literature screening found 252 publications. One hundred ten were only about the adductor canal block. Of these, 25 articles were selected for our bibliometric study, published in 8 different journals and with a total number of citations equal to 1.457. "Regional Anesthesia and pain medicine" journal - with 9 articles - was the one that produced the most. There was a significant strong correlation between the n. of citations and the citation rate (R = 0.84, p < 0.001).
The purpose of this study is to be a guide on regional anesthesia and, particularly, on adductor canal block, making the most effective as well as the most cited articles available to anesthesiologists or other researchers interested in this topic.
局部区域麻醉在手术中的作用日益重要，尤其是在术后疼痛控制方面。使用超声引导技术使局部区域麻醉方法越来越安全且易于操作，能保证出色的镇痛效果和患者依从性。这项文献计量学研究旨在识别关于收肌管阻滞的最具影响力的论文并概述其特征。
将1980年至2022年发表的所有文章纳入科学网、PubMed和Scopus数据库，并使用标题部分包含“收肌管阻滞”或“隐神经阻滞”或“周围神经阻滞”或“亨特管阻滞”或“股下管阻滞”或“ACB”或“膝关节”或“全膝关节置换术”或“全膝关节成形术”或“镇痛”或“关节成形术”或“置换”等关键词进行检索，对检索到的文章进行文献计量学分析。根据引用次数选择前25篇论文进行分析。使用Pearson相关系数评估数值变量之间的相关性。
文献筛选发现252篇出版物。其中110篇仅关于收肌管阻滞。在这些文章中，25篇被选入我们的文献计量学研究，发表在8种不同期刊上，总引用次数为1457次。发表9篇文章的《区域麻醉与疼痛医学》杂志是发表相关文章最多的期刊。引用次数与引用率之间存在显著的强相关性（R = 0.84，p < 0.001）。
本研究的目的是为区域麻醉，尤其是收肌管阻滞提供指导，为对该主题感兴趣的麻醉医生或其他研究人员提供最有效且被引用最多的文章。
